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The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced politics around the world; it affected the governing and political systems of multiple countries, reflected in states of emergency, [1] suspensions of legislative activities, isolation or deaths of multiple politicians and reschedulings of elections due to fears of spreading the
During the pandemic, attacks on health workers [271] and vaccination teams [272] in Papua New Guinea have occurred multiple times. Protests were banned nationwide due to the pandemic, [273] however they still occurred across the country, particularly in the capital, Port Moresby, [274] as well as in Lae. [275]
Others have argued that the pandemic is unlikely to lead to significant changes in the international system. [4] Diplomatic relations have been affected due to tensions around trade and transport of medicines, diagnostic tests, vaccines and hospital equipment related to mitigating the impact of COVID-19.
In 2021, member countries asked the U.N. health agency to oversee negotiations to figure out how the world might better share scarce resources and stop future viruses from spreading globally.
Adam Kamradt-Scott, a global health expert at Harvard University, said that similar to the global climate agreements, the draft pandemic treaty would at least provide a new forum for countries to ...
The public health measures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic effectively contained and reduced the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus on a global scale between the years 2020–2023, [1] and had several other positive effects on the natural environment of planet Earth and human societies as well, [1] [2] [3] including improved air quality and ...
Countries risk missing a May deadline for agreeing a legally binding treaty on fighting pandemics, which would be a big blow for future generations, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO ...
China has sent tests, equipment, experts, and vaccines to other countries to help fight the pandemic. [164] [165] [166] European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič expressed gratitude and praised collaboration between the EU and China. [167] Chinese aid has also been well received in parts of Latin America and Africa.